Eastern Monachism: an Account of the Origin, Laws, Discipline, Sacred Writings, Mysterious Rites, Religious Ceremonies, and Present Circumstances, of the Order of Mendicants Founded by Gótama Budha, (compiled from Singhalese MSS. and Other Original Sources of Information); with Comparative Notices of the Usages and Institutions of the Western Ascetics, and a Review of the Monastic System |
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... , reigned at Kapilawastu , on the borders of Nepaul ; and in a garden near that city the future sage was born , B. c . 624. At the moment of his birth he stepped B upon the ground , and after looking around towards the GOTAMA BUDHA.
... , reigned at Kapilawastu , on the borders of Nepaul ; and in a garden near that city the future sage was born , B. c . 624. At the moment of his birth he stepped B upon the ground , and after looking around towards the GOTAMA BUDHA.
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... birth ; hereafter there is to me no other existence . " Upon his person were certain signs that enabled the soothsayers to foretell that he would become a recluse , preparatory to his reception of the supreme Budhaship . Five days after ...
... birth ; hereafter there is to me no other existence . " Upon his person were certain signs that enabled the soothsayers to foretell that he would become a recluse , preparatory to his reception of the supreme Budhaship . Five days after ...
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... birth as a déwa , and at another as a frog , in which they gradually accu- mulate a greater degree of merit . In this incipient state they are called Bodhisatwas . In the birth in which they become Budha they are always of woman born ...
... birth as a déwa , and at another as a frog , in which they gradually accu- mulate a greater degree of merit . In this incipient state they are called Bodhisatwas . In the birth in which they become Budha they are always of woman born ...
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... birth , the moral cause of which is the cleaving to existing objects , whilst the instrumental cause is karma . It is therefore the great object of all beings who would be released from the sorrows of successive birth to seek the ...
... birth , the moral cause of which is the cleaving to existing objects , whilst the instrumental cause is karma . It is therefore the great object of all beings who would be released from the sorrows of successive birth to seek the ...
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... birth ; but the householder is not rejected as being without the pale of privilege , and is far from being classed among unbelievers . Even at the commencement of Budhism the bana was publicly recited , so that from the beginning a ...
... birth ; but the householder is not rejected as being without the pale of privilege , and is far from being classed among unbelievers . Even at the commencement of Budhism the bana was publicly recited , so that from the beginning a ...
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abbot afterwards Alban Butler allowed alms alms-bowl Ananda ancient Anuradhapura appear ascetic asceticism attained nirwána become bhikshu birth bó-tree body Brahmans Budhists called cause ceived Ceylon church cloth colour dágoba death declared déwas dhyána disciples earth enter Evesham evil desire exercise existence feet forest four garments give given Gótama Budha India kalpas kasina kind king live Maha manner means meditation mendicant merit Méru Milinda mind mode Moggaliputta-tissa monastery monastic monks Nágaséna nimitta novice observed offering Pali pass paths Pátimokkhan performed persons Pitakas possession precepts present priest priestess priesthood priests of Budha principal professed rahat Rajagaha Rathapála received recluse regarded relics religion residence robe sacred sage samádhi sangha Sanskrit seen similar Singhalese sorrow sramana stanzas superior supposed supreme Budha Sútra temple things thought tion tree truth village Vishnu whilst wihára Winaya Wisudhi Margga Sanné word worship